6If this uncouth forest yield any thing savage, I7will either be food for it or bring it for food to

8. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers: Your imagination is nearer death than your physical condition. 9. be comfortable: be cheerful. 10. presently: immediately.

8thee. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers.9For my sake be comfortable; hold death awhile at10the arm's end: I will here be with thee presently;11and if I bring thee not something to eat, I will12give thee leave to die: but if thou diest before I

13. Well said: well done. Apparently Adam is beginning to show some signs of recovery.

13come, thou art a mocker of my labour. Well said!14thou lookest cheerly, and I'll be with thee quickly.15Yet thou liest in the bleak air: come, I will bear16thee to some shelter; and thou shalt not die for17lack of a dinner, if there live any thing in this18desert. Cheerly, good Adam!